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What the heck was Altman talking about?

posted 16 years ago by funkyfry
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I watched part of the documentary on the dvd, "Rip Van Marlowe", and in it Robert Altman said that Leigh Brackett had died before the movie was released so she wasn't able to see it. She died in 1978, while she was writing the script for "The Empire Strikes Back." The movie was released in 1973. What the heck was Altman talking about? Did I just misunderstand or miss something?

Did I not love him, Cooch? MY OWN FLESH I DIDN'T LOVE BETTER!!! But he had to say 'Nooooooooo'

[–] billymac72 13 years ago

Altman smoked a LOT of marijuana (no joke) and commonly got his facts mixed up. I would guess this was one of those many instances.

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